1947 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 78-76 .506
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 911,566
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bill Dietrich (37)
Youngest Player: Nellie Fox (19)
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman (7)
Top Hitter: Eddie Joost (8)
Top Pitcher: Phil Marchildon (8)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 56.33%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Detroit	85	69	.552	12.0
Boston	83	71	.539	14.0
Cleveland	80	74	.519	17.0
Philadelphia	78	76	.506	19.0
Chi White Sox	70	84	.455	27.0
Washington	64	90	.416	33.0
St. Louis	59	95	.383	38.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Sam Chapman	of	29	31	-	MLB	149	551	84	139	18	5	14	83	3	4	65	70	0		8		14	.252	.000	.379	379	209			-	-
7	Barney McCosky	of	18	30	-	MLB	137	546	77	179	22	7	1	52	1	4	57	29	4		9		5	.328	.000	.399	399	218			-	-
1	Eddie Joost	ss	8	31	-	MLB	151	540	76	111	22	3	13	64	6	6	114	110	4		24		5	.206	.000	.330	330	178			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	38	31	-	MLB	145	528	45	127	28	4	5	60	0	3	35	44	2		14		14	.241	.000	.337	337	178			-	-
3	Hank Majeski	3b	37	30	-	MLB	141	479	54	134	26	5	8	72	1	0	53	31	5		8		18	.280	.000	.405	405	194			-	-
5	Ferris Fain	1b	16	26	-	MLB	136	461	70	134	28	6	7	71	4	5	95	34	2		9		15	.291	.000	.423	423	195			-	-
10,21	Elmer Valo	of	39	26	-	MLB	112	370	60	111	12	6	5	36	11	3	64	21	2		14		4	.300	.000	.405	405	150			-	-
8	Buddy Rosar	c	63	32	-	MLB	102	359	40	93	20	2	1	33	1	3	40	13	1		9		11	.259	.000	.334	334	120			-	-
11,47	George Binks	of	60	30	-	MLB	104	333	33	86	19	4	2	34	8	2	23	36	1		6		6	.258	.000	.357	357	119			-	-
9	Mike Guerra	c	-	34	-	MLB	72	209	20	45	2	2	0	18	1	2	10	15	0		6		4	.215	.000	.244	244	51			-	-
21,23	Phil Marchildon	p	51	33	-	MLB	35	98	8	15	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	25	1		12		2	.153	.000	.214	214	21			-	-
2,15	Gene Handley	2b	-	32	-	MLB	36	90	10	23	2	1	0	8	1	0	10	2	0		0		3	.256	.000	.300	300	27			-	-
6,41	Dick Adams	1b	-	27	-	MLB	37	89	9	18	2	3	2	11	0	0	2	18	0		2		0	.202	.000	.360	360	32			-	-
25	Dick Fowler	p	-	26	-	MLB	36	82	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	0		4		3	.171	.000	.183	183	15			-	-
23,36	Bill McCahan	p	-	26	-	MLB	29	55	8	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0		3		1	.164	.000	.200	200	11			-	-
15,30,39	Austin Knickerbocker	of	-	28	-	MLB	21	48	8	12	3	2	0	2	0	1	3	4	0		2		1	.250	.000	.396	396	19			-	-
31	Mickey Rutner	3b	-	27	-	MLB	12	48	4	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	0		1		4	.250	.000	.333	333	16			-	-
10,20	Joe Coleman	p	-	24	-	MLB	32	48	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	25	0		3		1	.146	.000	.187	187	9			-	-
11,24	Carl Scheib	p	-	20	-	MLB	22	45	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0		0		3	.133	.000	.133	133	6			-	-
19	Jesse Flores	p	-	32	-	MLB	28	44	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2		2		0	.227	.000	.250	250	11			-	-
16,37	Bob Savage	p	-	25	-	MLB	44	40	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	0		2		0	.050	.000	.050	50	2			-	-
28	Chet Laabs	of	-	35	-	MLB	15	32	5	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	0		0		0	.219	.000	.344	344	11			-	-
6,14	Don Richmond	3b	-	27	-	MLB	19	21	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	0		0		1	.190	.000	.333	333	7			-	-
17	Russ Christopher	p	-	29	-	MLB	44	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	0		2		0	.125	.000	.125	125	2			-	-
15	Pat Cooper	p-1b	-	29	-	MLB	13	16	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0		0		0	.250	.000	.375	375	6			-	-
16,18	Bill Dietrich	p	-	37	-	MLB	11	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0		4		0	.062	.000	.062	62	1			-	-
14	Herman Franks	c	-	33	-	MLB	8	15	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	0		0		1	.200	.000	.333	333	5			-	-
31,45	Ray Poole	h	-	27	-	MLB	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0		0		1	.231	.000	.231	231	3			-	-
28	Nellie Fox	2b	-	19	-	MLB	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
28	Lou Brissie	p	-	23	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
20,30	Tom Kirk	h	-	19	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21,23	Phil Marchildon	8	33	-	MLB	19	9	3.22	35	35	21	2	0	0	276.2	228	110	99	15	141	128	1	0	1.33	7.42	0.49	4.59	4.16	1.10	--	--
25	Dick Fowler	10	26	-	MLB	12	11	2.81	36	31	16	3	2	0	227.1	210	77	71	12	85	75	0	0	1.30	8.31	0.48	3.37	2.97	1.13	--	--
23,36	Bill McCahan	27	26	-	MLB	10	5	3.32	29	19	10	1	5	0	165.1	160	73	61	7	62	47	3	0	1.34	8.71	0.38	3.38	2.56	1.32	--	--
10,20	Joe Coleman	34	24	-	MLB	6	12	4.32	32	21	9	2	9	1	160.1	171	84	77	17	62	65	0	0	1.45	9.60	0.95	3.48	3.65	0.95	--	--
19	Jesse Flores	52	32	-	MLB	4	13	3.39	28	20	4	0	5	0	151.1	139	72	57	10	59	41	0	0	1.31	8.27	0.59	3.51	2.44	1.44	--	--
16,37	Bob Savage	39	25	-	MLB	8	10	3.76	44	8	2	1	20	2	146.0	135	71	61	8	55	56	1	0	1.30	8.32	0.49	3.39	3.45	0.98	--	--
11,24	Carl Scheib	-	20	-	MLB	4	6	5.04	21	12	6	2	6	0	116.0	121	68	65	11	55	26	6	2	1.52	9.39	0.85	4.27	2.02	2.12	--	--
17	Russ Christopher	28	29	-	MLB	10	7	2.90	44	0	0	0	38	12	80.2	70	30	26	4	33	33	1	0	1.28	7.81	0.45	3.68	3.68	1.00	--	--
16,18	Bill Dietrich	-	37	-	MLB	5	2	3.12	11	9	2	1	1	0	60.2	48	24	21	0	40	18	0	0	1.45	7.12	0.00	5.93	2.67	2.22	--	--
28	Lou Brissie	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	1	5	4	2	0	2.00	11.57	1.29	6.43	5.14	1.25	--	--
Totals: (31 players)						78	76	3.51	154	154	70	12	84	15	1,391	1291	614	543	61	597	493	14	2	1.38	8.35	0.55	3.86	3.19	1.21	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Rosar	C	102		406	70	2	12	.996	0.00
Mike Guerra	C	62		203	36	9	5	.964	0.00
Herman Franks	C	4		12	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	132		1141	101	19	118	.985	0.00
Dick Adams	1B	24		170	17	1	19	.995	0.00
George Binks	1B	13		82	7	1	4	.989	0.00
Pat Cooper	1B	1		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Suder	2B	140		304	413	10	94	.986	0.00
Gene Handley	2B	17		31	41	2	10	.973	0.00
Nellie Fox	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hank Majeski	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Don Richmond	2B	1		1	2	1	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Majeski	3B	134		160	263	5	28	.988	0.00
Mickey Rutner	3B	11		5	18	3	2	.885	0.00
Gene Handley	3B	10		12	15	5	1	.844	0.00
Don Richmond	3B	4		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	2		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Joost	SS	151		370	452	38	100	.956	0.00
Hank Majeski	SS	4		10	20	0	4	1.000	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	3		4	3	2	2	.778	0.00
Gene Handley	SS	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sam Chapman	OF	146		428	16	6	2	.987	0.00
Barney McCosky	OF	136		346	8	6	2	.983	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	104		205	9	6	0	.973	0.00
George Binks	OF	75		157	8	6	1	.965	0.00
Austin Knickerbocker	OF	14		32	1	2	0	.943	0.00
Chet Laabs	OF	7		17	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Adams	OF	3		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Russ Christopher	P	44	80	10	13	1	0	.958	2.58
Bob Savage	P	44	146	6	16	2	0	.917	1.36
Dick Fowler	P	36	227	14	29	2	1	.956	1.70
Phil Marchildon	P	35	276	7	34	3	2	.932	1.34
Joe Coleman	P	32	160	5	16	1	0	.955	1.18
Bill McCahan	P	29	165	7	33	1	4	.976	2.18
Jesse Flores	P	28	151	12	19	3	3	.912	1.85
Carl Scheib	P	21	116	3	13	1	2	.941	1.24
Bill Dietrich	P	11	60	1	8	4	3	.692	1.35
Lou Brissie	P	1	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57

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